Summary
Event analysis is a valuable tool to improve patient safety and quality of care by identifying root causes of incidents and implementing corrective actions to prevent future similar events from occurring. When we analyse adverse events in healthcare and do not incorporate an equity lens, however, we are missing a crucial piece of the investigative puzzle. Health equity is essential to improving health and well-being and can be costly if not addressed as explained in this Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) blog
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Embedding equity into every step of adverse event analysis (11 August 2023)
https://www.ihi.org/communities/blogs/embedding-equity-into-every-step-of-adverse-event-analysis
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